The Reason Why I STOPPED Playing A Strat... | Ben Eunson 

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Thanks for sharing such a genuine and insightful story,

Completely abandoning all strats just because the one you happen to own isn’t any good is very illogical. I’ve owned many strats in my lifetime and some were great and some weren’t. The same with the gibsons, Ibanezes, charvels, etc that I’ve owned. I currently own 1 Strat, 1 les Paul and 1 charvel. These are the ones that were amazing. All the others I got rid of.

I’m in an alternative/punk band and I have an HSS strat with the bridge humbucker. It’s so god damn versatile I love it

Anyone know what scale or mode he's using at the intro of the video ???

Hey Ben, really have enjoyed the music you create and the ideas you explore. I was wondering about the Strat's bridge piece. Is it Brass? I've been trying to find a brass bridge piece/block forever.

If you were to find a Strat which was in better condition and maybe modified with some humbuckers, do you think you'd buy it and use it?

Did you get a "Custom shop" 335? I was in the same boat, ditched the strat and got a 335 and Telecaster..now I need them both all the time.

Beautiful guitar, I've always had a thing for the daphne blue/sonic blue maple neck combo. Out of interest, do you know what those pickups are? They sound fantastic. I was also wondering are you fading in with a volume pedal on the attack of some of those notes, or is that something to do with the compression? It's a cool variation on timbre.

What kind of overdrive are you using on the intro? Sounds great.

To me it's the opposite. So much so that I know it's no use buying anything else than a strat... I recently bought my first Les Paul Custom Shop and it's great, I got a Metheny Ibanez, a Semihollow AS2000, Yamaha Revstar, Gibson SG, Ibanez RG, whatever guitar, the strat always end up being the one. Yet it's not the most comfortable or easy to setup (especially with the vintage truss rod in the neck pocket...), but still, it's the most addictive guitar. Second is Telecasters.

"...no other guitar in the universe actually does what the strat can do. I think we all agree on that." Jeff Beck: Esquire Fender Interview.

dude thank you for sharing. thats quite sentimental and i enjoyed the way you did the story telling. quite insightful also.

Gosh I have vintage Strats, 80 and 90s Strats. Once set up, they play great and don't need too much work at all. how do you store you guitar? Love Les Pauls and 335s too. Seems like you had small issues.

What is your signal chain on that tone?

Hey Ben, I enjoyed watching this video! So is your Ibanez AZ your main guitar now, if so now you'll need to post a followup video with all the in's & out's of why? Cheers!

How do you keep your home recording studio behind you so neat and tidy?

I’ve had a few. Don’t currently have any. My problem with the strat was always where the volume knob is. Always grabbing it with heel of my hand and losing volume all of a sudden. Additionally, I have to lower the middle pickup or I’m catching it with my pick.

A friend of mine has a highway 1 strat he modded with the EMG single coil set and a red tortoise pickguard. That was a real nice guitar. As for frets I've grown to like medium jumbos, not too fat but still a bit higher off the fretboard.